Friday, 10 September 2010

September Photography Challenge

Hurrah! I am here again! I have so much to blog about over the next few weeks! So much has been happening here in my little world. But to kick off with, it is about time we had another photography challenge. I have thought long and hard (to the point that I had to sit down with exhaustion)....

...eventually I came up with a theme...

...A nice easy theme....

...A theme that all of us experience...

...(well, unless you are EXTREMELY lazy!!!!)...

Okay, I guess you are now waiting to find out what the theme is? Right?

So, the theme is...

Are you ready for this?...

This is a really big build up to a very "un-big" theme...

Lol! The theme is...

..."MORNING"

Yup, that's it folks. The theme for this month is going to be anything to do with or represent "MORNING". I know that in certain people's books, morning is anything before 4pm. However, I am going to have to be really strict with this these guidelines.

"Morning" has to be before 12 O'clock noon!

GuidelinesJust to recap, the guidelines for the challenge are as follows:

1) Take a photograph that in some way, manner or form represents the theme of"Morning". You are welcome to use your artistic touch to manipulate the photographs using a photopackage such as photoshop. Be as creative as you desire!!! You are even welcome to submit a video clip, if that is your preferred media. You might want to also include a second photograph that shows the same thing in its more common view.

2) Include a brief explanation of how the photograph(s) relate to the theme.

3) When you have posted your challenge, be sure to send me a link so that I can include it on my "The 'Morning' Photography Challenge Entry" post next month!

4) You want to join in with the challenge but don't have a blog or website to display your photograph on?

No problem, either:

a)Just email me copy of the image, along with your name and a brief description of how the photograph(s) relate to the theme. I will then include your entry on my "Morning ~ Photography Challenge Entry" post next month!!!

b)Join up to a photo storage site like Redbubble or http://www.flickr.com/and upload your photograph, then leave a link to the photograph in the comments box on this post.

5) Closing date is 1st October 2010!!!! So get snapping!!!

!!Happy Photography!!

Graham Ettridge

If you have any questions, concerns or have an idea for a future photography challenge theme then please do not hesitate to contact me on grahamettridge@aol.com

Graham's Photobook....Through The Eyes Of A Dreamer

Who is Graham Ettridge?

Graham Ettridge is an Englishman with a curious and wandering soul. Born in Shakespeare’s birthplace town of Stratford Upon Avon in England during the early 1970’s, Graham then grew up in the wonderful county of Wiltshire in England. From here, he has developed a true passion for travel and photography.

The Author's Statement

“It all started with “Oh my goodness! I’m in my late 20’s, I’m single and I have done nothing with my life”. The realisation that hit me like a freight train one spring morning in 2002. My period of procrastination had to come to an end. So, whilst supping a beer in my local pub with a friend, we decided to go on an adventure – and within a few days had arranged a trek through the Sinai desert in Egypt – That’s how it started, and as any avid traveller will know, once you catch the travel bug it never goes away, it just gets stronger. Each time you cross one destination off the top of your list, you add another two to the bottom. The desire to experience new cultures; the want to meet new people; the need to learn more about yourself….it’s all just a footstep away.

“My camera has provided good company during my travels, enabling me to capture some of the special moments that I have experienced. Part of my passion with photography is to take an unusual view of the things around me. To open my eyes wider and to absorb the wonders of nature, architecture, people and objects that very often we take for granted.

“I am a novice photographer, but have an ambition to develop and enhance my technique whilst still trying to hold on to my raw appreciation of life.”